Dresser, Christopher · London ; New York : Cassell Petter & Galpin · leaf 70
Fig. 36. Space is limited, however, and I must pass on; hence I only hope that I haveinduced the reader to think for himself, and if I have done so I shall have fulfilledmy desire, for his progress will tlien be sure. Respectin<i- structure I have but a few general remarks further to make, and … all these are fairly embraced in the one expression, Be truthful. An obvious andtrue structure is always pleasant. Let, then, the tenon and the mortise passthrough the various members, and let the parts be pinned together by obviouswooden pins. Thus, if the frame of a chair-seat is tenoned into the…
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